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03-03-2018, 09:33 PM
Supercolony of 1.5 million penguins found on the Danger Islands because of their poop
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The remote Danger Islands off the coast of Antarctica are home to a previously undiscovered supercolony of more than 1.5 million Adélie Penguins, and thanks to a satellite and some drone footage, researchers now know about them.*
A new study (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-22313-w) published in the open-source journal Scientific Reports this week announced the discovery. It also details the pretty incredible way it was made.*
It all started off with NASA and the USGS' Landsat satellite, tasked with beaming images of our planet from space back to waiting scientists on Earth.
SEE ALSO: Warming Antarctic may force over 1 million King Penguins to find new homes or perish (https://mashable.com/2018/02/26/king-penguin-populations-decline-as-oceans-warm/) Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/03/03/penguin-supercolony-found-in-antarctica/)
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The remote Danger Islands off the coast of Antarctica are home to a previously undiscovered supercolony of more than 1.5 million Adélie Penguins, and thanks to a satellite and some drone footage, researchers now know about them.*
A new study (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-22313-w) published in the open-source journal Scientific Reports this week announced the discovery. It also details the pretty incredible way it was made.*
It all started off with NASA and the USGS' Landsat satellite, tasked with beaming images of our planet from space back to waiting scientists on Earth.
SEE ALSO: Warming Antarctic may force over 1 million King Penguins to find new homes or perish (https://mashable.com/2018/02/26/king-penguin-populations-decline-as-oceans-warm/) Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/03/03/penguin-supercolony-found-in-antarctica/)
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